New

⌘ + N

Creates a new composition. You can select from a list of common broadcast resolutions, like SD, HD-ready, Full-HD, and UHD. The resolution of a composition cannot be changed later.

Upgrade Components

This performs additional optimisation on the underlying compositions saved by Composition Builder and played in just:play or just:live. 

Make Paths Relative

This command will automatically find and replace absolute paths with relative paths, assuming the file and the composition are both located on the same volume.

Embed Resources

This command will automatically locate any XML, movie and image files referenced within the composition, copy them into the composition file and make the file paths relative to the composition file. This can obviously lead to much larger composition files, but makes copying much easier as only the composition file needs to be copied and not the associated resources.

Export as EAS Template

This saves the template so it can be used as part of the “EAS” option.

Show Fonts

Command(⌘)-T

Shows the macOS font panel.

Show Colors

Command(⌘)-Shift(⇧)-C

Shows the macOS colour picker.  

Text

Provides text formatting options

Play

Spacebar

Plays (or pauses) the composition playback. Rendering is done directly in the Workbench. For a more accurate preview use the “Preview” function (Comand(⌘)-R).

Set Stop frame

 Command(⌘) + K

Adds a Stop frame at the CTI position.

Jump To Start/End

Option(⌥)- Command(⌘)-← / →

Moves the CTI to the start/end of the compositions timeline.

Previous/Next Frame

 Shift(⇧)-Command(⌘)-← / →

Moves the CTI in the timeline by one frame to the left or right.

Previous/Next Keyframe

 fn ← / →

Moves the CTI to the previous/next keyframe in the timeline.

Size to Fit

Command(⌘)-0(zero)

Resizes the Workbench view, so that everything is visible. This command equals the “Fit in Window” command in the lower left of the Workbench.

Bring Forward

 Command(⌘)-'+'

Moves the selected component(s) one step forward.

Send Backward

 Command(⌘)-'-'

Moves the selected component(s) one step backwards.

Bring to Front

 Option(⌥)-Command(⌘)-'+'

Moves the selected component(s) to the front.

Send to Back

  Option(⌥)-Command(⌘)- '-'

Moves the selected component(s) to the back.

Swap Selected

  Command(⌘)-#

Swaps the Z-positions of the selected components.

Align…

  Option(⌥)-Command(⌘)-A

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Solo

 Control(ctrl)-S

 Hides all components, except for the selected one(s).

Show All

 Control(ctrl)-A

 If any components were hidden previously, this function shows all components again.

Show/Hide Toolbar

   Option(⌥)-Command(⌘)-T

Resizes the Workbench view, so that everything is visible. This command equals the “Fit in Window” command in the lower left of the workbench.

Show/Hide Inspector

Shift(⇧)-Command(⌘)-I

Moves the selected component(s) one step forward.

Show/Hide Library

Command(⌘)-L

Moves the selected component(s) one step backwards.

Show/Hide Safe Area

Command(⌘)-'

Moves the selected component(s) to the front.